Ken Trickey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ken Trickey

American basketball coach

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1933

Place of Birth: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 04-Dec-2012

Profession: basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ken Trickey

  • Kenneth Franklin Trickey Sr.
  • (August 30, 1933 – December 4, 2012) was an American basketball coach, best known for his two stints as the head coach for the men's basketball team at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • He was especially remembered for ORU's high-scoring "run and gun" teams of the early 1970s, which helped the young, small school attain national attention and competitive success, including a spot in the Elite Eight in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
  • After his death in 2012, the Tulsa World called him "one of the most influential and colorful characters in this state’s basketball history".

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